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\ JEWELRY PIN. N0. 322,364. Patented July 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFLCEQ HENRY FLETCHER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND, ASSIGNOR TQ I SWEET, FLETCHER & CO, OF SAME PLACE.

JEWELRY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,364, dated July 14,1885.

Application filed May 4, 1885. (No model.) 7

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY FLETCHER, of Providence, in the State of RhodeIsland, have invented an Improvement in J ewelry- Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Jewelry-pins as heretofore constructed have been provided with a hingedor pivoted pin-tongue the outer end of which has been held under a fixedhook or guard, but in use such pin-tongues are liable to become removedfrom the hook or guard, and thereafter the pin is liable to fall fromthe garment to which it is attached and become lost, and various deviceshave been resorted to in order to overcome this difficulty, such as theaddition of lockin g catches or springs for holding the pin-tonguefirmly under the hook, but such devices are not ornamental and are anadditional expense in the manufacture of such pins; and the object of myinvention is to provide a jewelry-pin without the objectionable hingedor pivoted tongue, and in which the garmentholding portions of the pinmay form a conspicuous portion of the front ornamentation.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a jewelry pin embodying my improvement,showing the sliding pin in its engaging position. Fig. 2 is an upperedge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the slidingpin at its extreme outward or withdrawn position. Fig. 4 is an upperedge view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the main body of the pin,which may be made in any desired ornamental design and of any suitablematerial. Near one end of the back of the body A, and parallel with theaxis of the same, is securely attached the piece of hollow wire tube B,which is provided at its outer end with a knob, a, or other suitableornament, although I sometimes employ a plain 4.0 tube in carrying outmy invention. Upon the opposite end of the body A, and in line with theaxis of the tube B, is secured the tube 0, which may be beaded at itsouter end, as shown in the drawings, or may be plain, in ac- 4 5cordance with the adopted design, or expensive style of manufacture.Within the bore of the tube C is placed the loosely-fitting pointed pinD, provided with a head, I), which may be made inball form, as shown, orin any so other form adapted for the purpose, and to which is securedone end of the chain E, the opposite end of the chain being secured tothe ornamental body A, and preferably at about the middle of the same,as shown in the drawings.

The pinD should be slightly enlarged under the head b in order that whenin its holding position, as shown in Fig. 2, it may snugly fit the tubeC, thus preventing accidental withdrawal from its proper hold upon thegarment of the wearer, and whenin its holding position the point of thepin D will be supported and protected by the tube B.

I claim as my invention-- In a jewelry-pin, the combination of theornamental body A, sliding pin D, connectinga chain E, pin-guiding tubeC, and pin-point support B, substantially as described.

HENRY FLETCHER.

Witnesses SooRATEsSoHoLFmLD, CHARLES F. SGHMELZ.

